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The potential of sentinel satellites for burnt area mapping and monitoring in the Congo Basin forests

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Verhegghen A., Eva H.D., Ceccherini G., Achard F., Gond V., Gourlet-Fleury S., Cerutti P.O.
2016

In this study, the recently launched Sentinel-2 (S2) optical satellite and the active radar Sentinel-1 (S1) satellite supported by active fire data from the MODIS sensor were used to detect and monitor forest fires in the Congo Basin. In the context of a very strong El Niño event, an unprecedented outbreak of fires was observed during the first months of 2016 in open forests formations in the ...

Foresterie - Considérations générales; Dégâts causés aux forêts et leur protection; Ecologie végétale; Méthodes de relevé

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